“It would be better if people tried to solve some real problems rather than playing these idiot diversity games.”
13 Replies to “Jordan Peterson Down Under”
Peterson has addressed one of the crises in the post-modern West. People don’t know how to live. They cannot move on. They have lost their wills and selves.
There have been guides before but people have done away with them. Peterson has pointed them back in a general direction.
Nicely said OK. He is a treasure not only for Canada but for western society as a whole. Love listening to him speak in his articulate manner.
My first thought about that Jordan comment was … WAR. And how WAR has served throughout history to give people “purpose” . Yes, it is a horrible paradox. But simply look at how WAR has united peoples throughout history. Look at how unified the US became after 9-11 (for a minute). And even more fundamental than WAR … was basic human survival. For nearly our entire time on this planet MANkind has struggled just to stay alive. To just SURVIVE … the harsh environment, to feed and clothe ourselves. We were naked and afraid. Now … we can quite easily sit on a couch and play video games all day … fully supported by the welfare payments so generously provided by people who have more of a purpose in life. Or … demand that a meaningless drone-like job at a fast food establishment deliver a “living wage”.
Our societal SUCCESS is creating a vacuum of purpose in life. That coupled with the erasure of God, has set MANkind adrift. Add to that the marginalization, if not demonization of the male of our species … and we have a problem. I would argue that our very SUCCESS is what has “empowered” whimmen to dismiss MEN. We have “done” our job of delivering a safe, warm, cocoon of a society … so now the black widows are eating their men. Game over. Nearly. When it all goes to hell … the whimmen will be lining up behind MEN again. No, they will not be lining up behind “transitioned” men.
* “playing these idiot diversity games.”
not just people… organisations too… If only the Toronto Star was similarly enthusiatic about publishing
names, descriptions and photos of Toronto’s ubiquitous
urban firearms enthusiasts. You know… like these guys.
*
“And how WAR has served throughout history to give people “purpose” Kenji
Last year I read the History of The Royal Navy.. They were at War for >200 years… I didn’t know the there was “Two” Spanish Armadas that the Royal Navy defeated….Yep! we are adrift in complacency…
The folks think everything in the BOOKS are a valid future Fact…Not true.. everything is Obsolete.. Knowledge moves at the speed of light, but stuck on stupid is real…. Read the Korean “White paper”… wrong then, but still followed by Lazy Academia…..
The idea of all the intelligent information is a fallacy .. Everyone wishes they could correct their past errors, you do the best you can at the time….but it’s always wrong going forward…
JMHO
Interesting, his observations about responsibility. When I grew up and attended high school, and University, my friends and I grew increasingly more cynical about our government and life in general. Our observation was that life is a bitch and never gets better.
Well, over time, we finally grew up and had a better understanding of our responsibilities. For the most part I would say we have done reasonably well and have all raised good families and lead successful lives.
I am still very cynical however, and trust no one in government. And it is now very evident that there is no reason to trust them at all. When the FBI, CIA, and NSA all conspire against the wishes of the electorate, there can never be any trust in government again. And you can guess the same goes for Canada as well.
….Canada, you are lucky to have such an enlighten citizen!
It’s absolutely amazing how a country like Canada can produce an intellectual marvel such as Jordan Peterson and in the same stretch of time elect a pathetic and dangerous buffoon as their political leader.
Bverwey, cheers.
Peterson’s profoundness exists in his simplistic call to what made people function in the first place, things that, as I said, we had done away with. We’ve willingly reduced ourselves to the state of children and must now grow up.
Kenji, I think that people have removed the idea of a higher purpose for people and that gave us a vacuum. When people stop believing that they are creatures of a higher being capable of reason and so much more, what is left? People struggled to fill that void with something else and that left only ruin.
Doug, I ask myself the same question.
Yes, I agree.
You can tell by Peterson’s voice cracking a little that the degradation of western liberal civilization is bothering him inside.
Hopefully the people in the west wake up to the danger of a new dark age closing in fast.
Maybe his voice cracked because he has been saying the same things over and over.
It can get a little exhausting.
If you could kill with intellect, there would be all kinds of social justice warriors dead in the water.
Peterson has addressed one of the crises in the post-modern West. People don’t know how to live. They cannot move on. They have lost their wills and selves.
There have been guides before but people have done away with them. Peterson has pointed them back in a general direction.
Nicely said OK. He is a treasure not only for Canada but for western society as a whole. Love listening to him speak in his articulate manner.
My first thought about that Jordan comment was … WAR. And how WAR has served throughout history to give people “purpose” . Yes, it is a horrible paradox. But simply look at how WAR has united peoples throughout history. Look at how unified the US became after 9-11 (for a minute). And even more fundamental than WAR … was basic human survival. For nearly our entire time on this planet MANkind has struggled just to stay alive. To just SURVIVE … the harsh environment, to feed and clothe ourselves. We were naked and afraid. Now … we can quite easily sit on a couch and play video games all day … fully supported by the welfare payments so generously provided by people who have more of a purpose in life. Or … demand that a meaningless drone-like job at a fast food establishment deliver a “living wage”.
Our societal SUCCESS is creating a vacuum of purpose in life. That coupled with the erasure of God, has set MANkind adrift. Add to that the marginalization, if not demonization of the male of our species … and we have a problem. I would argue that our very SUCCESS is what has “empowered” whimmen to dismiss MEN. We have “done” our job of delivering a safe, warm, cocoon of a society … so now the black widows are eating their men. Game over. Nearly. When it all goes to hell … the whimmen will be lining up behind MEN again. No, they will not be lining up behind “transitioned” men.
*
“playing these idiot diversity games.”
not just people… organisations too…
If only the Toronto Star was similarly enthusiatic about publishing
names, descriptions and photos of Toronto’s ubiquitous
urban firearms enthusiasts.
You know… like these guys.
*
‘Today’s Society Is TURNED Against Men’ – Tucker Carlson Talks With Jordan Peterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDaJ_JuC9tY
“And how WAR has served throughout history to give people “purpose” Kenji
Last year I read the History of The Royal Navy.. They were at War for >200 years… I didn’t know the there was “Two” Spanish Armadas that the Royal Navy defeated….Yep! we are adrift in complacency…
The folks think everything in the BOOKS are a valid future Fact…Not true.. everything is Obsolete.. Knowledge moves at the speed of light, but stuck on stupid is real…. Read the Korean “White paper”… wrong then, but still followed by Lazy Academia…..
The idea of all the intelligent information is a fallacy .. Everyone wishes they could correct their past errors, you do the best you can at the time….but it’s always wrong going forward…
JMHO
Interesting, his observations about responsibility. When I grew up and attended high school, and University, my friends and I grew increasingly more cynical about our government and life in general. Our observation was that life is a bitch and never gets better.
Well, over time, we finally grew up and had a better understanding of our responsibilities. For the most part I would say we have done reasonably well and have all raised good families and lead successful lives.
I am still very cynical however, and trust no one in government. And it is now very evident that there is no reason to trust them at all. When the FBI, CIA, and NSA all conspire against the wishes of the electorate, there can never be any trust in government again. And you can guess the same goes for Canada as well.
….Canada, you are lucky to have such an enlighten citizen!
It’s absolutely amazing how a country like Canada can produce an intellectual marvel such as Jordan Peterson and in the same stretch of time elect a pathetic and dangerous buffoon as their political leader.
Bverwey, cheers.
Peterson’s profoundness exists in his simplistic call to what made people function in the first place, things that, as I said, we had done away with. We’ve willingly reduced ourselves to the state of children and must now grow up.
Kenji, I think that people have removed the idea of a higher purpose for people and that gave us a vacuum. When people stop believing that they are creatures of a higher being capable of reason and so much more, what is left? People struggled to fill that void with something else and that left only ruin.
Doug, I ask myself the same question.
Yes, I agree.
You can tell by Peterson’s voice cracking a little that the degradation of western liberal civilization is bothering him inside.
Hopefully the people in the west wake up to the danger of a new dark age closing in fast.
Maybe his voice cracked because he has been saying the same things over and over.
It can get a little exhausting.
If you could kill with intellect, there would be all kinds of social justice warriors dead in the water.